H.P. Lovecraft Film Fest & CTHULHU CON

[mlerules]

It amuses me greatly that it's apparently the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CTHULHU CON. Friends're heading up from SoCal for the whole w'end (October 3-5, 2008). I'll join them for the Friday night (fingers crossed for a good selection of showings then), then zoom up to CopperMoon on Saturday for din-din (likely again at Everett Kitchen) and the Gaia Consort concert.

Comments

[fearless-son.livejournal.com]

I figured that you would like it. It is a fairly faithful film to the story it was based on ("The Thing on the Doorstep") except for the setting being modern. Considering that the budget was only $10,000 they did not have a lot left over for things like special effects, so it relies mostly on things like lighting and acting to properly convey the horror. In my opinion, this is as it should be for a Lovecraft-based film, since much of Lovecraft's best horror is the kind where you cannot quite see the supernatural on the other side of the thin veil of human reason.